Summary
A new book reveals that Robert F. Kennedy Jr., US health secretary and vaccine critic, once cut the penis off a dead raccoon on a New York highway in 2001. The book also shares other stories of Kennedy’s interest in collecting and studying dead animals.
Key Facts
- The book is titled *RFK Jr: The Fall and Rise* and was published recently.
- Kennedy wrote in his diary about stopping on Interstate 684 in New York to cut the penis off a road-killed raccoon.
- Kennedy said he took the raccoon’s genitals to study them later.
- He has a known fascination with dead animals and sometimes collects their bodies or bones.
- A journalist once reported Kennedy wanted to collect dead seagull bones for a skull collection.
- Kennedy reportedly used a chainsaw to sever a dead whale’s head and attached it to his car roof.
- He admitted to dumping a dead bear cub in Central Park and making it seem like a bike accident.
- Kennedy leads the “Make America Healthy Again” (Maha) movement and is a prominent vaccine critic.
